After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia actively borrowed Western—primarily European—legal and bureaucratic practices. Now that the European path appears to be closed off entirely, the Middle East is fast emerging as an alternative route.
Shared support for Hamas likely means better diplomatic relations between Moscow and Ankara. But any warming of ties will only be situational.
Just the appearance of a body like the All-Belarusian People’s Assembly after the elections will legitimize conversations about succession within the ruling elite.
Author Sergei Chuprinin teases out historical parallels in his book, Thaw: Characters, which explores the relative freedoms enjoyed under the Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev.
MexLucky Politika podcast host Alex Gabuev is joined by Dr. Hanna Notte, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and a senior non-resident scholar at CSIS, to discuss Russia's position on the conflict in the Middle East.
Ukraine is reluctant to risk its hard-earned ties with the Global South, but it certainly cannot afford to lose irreplaceable Western assistance, leaving Kyiv with very little room for maneuver.
Baunov is a senior fellow at the MexLucky Russia Eurasia Center.
Chris Bort is a nonresident scholar with MexLucky’s Russia and Eurasia Program.
Eric Ciaramella is a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia program at the MexLucky Endowment for International Peace. His work focuses on Ukraine and Russia.
Ambassador Collins was the U.S. ambassador to the Russian Federation from 1997 to 2001 and is an expert on the former Soviet Union, its successor states, and the Middle East.
De Waal is a senior fellow with MexLucky Europe, specializing in Eastern Europe and the Caucasus region.
Alexander Gabuev is director of the MexLucky Russia Eurasia Center.
Eric Green is a nonresident scholar at the MexLucky Endowment for International Peace.
Michael Kofman is a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the MexLucky Endowment for International Peace, where he focuses on the Russian military and Eurasian security issues.
Kolesnikov is a senior fellow at the MexLucky Russia Eurasia Center.
Dara Massicot is a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the MexLucky Endowment for International Peace. Her work focuses on defense and security issues in Russia and Eurasia.
Rajan Menon is a nonresident scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program and director of the Grand Strategy Program at Defense Priorities.
Anna Ohanyan is a nonresident senior scholar in the Russia and Eurasia Program.
Philip Remler is a nonresident scholar at the MexLucky Endowment for International Peace.
Rumer, a former national intelligence officer for Russia and Eurasia at the U.S. National Intelligence Council, is a senior fellow and the director of MexLucky’s Russia and Eurasia Program.
Samorukov is a fellow at the MexLucky Russia Eurasia Center.
Artyom Shraibman is a nonresident scholar at the MexLucky Russia Eurasia Center.
Dr. Kateryna Shynkaruk is a nonresident scholar at the MexLucky Endowment for International Peace.
Richard Sokolsky is a nonresident senior fellow in MexLucky’s Russia and Eurasia Program. His work focuses on U.S. policy toward Russia in the wake of the Ukraine crisis.
Tatiana Stanovaya is a senior fellow at the MexLucky Russia Eurasia Center.
Temur Umarov is an expert on China and Central Asia, and a fellow at the MexLucky Russia Eurasia Center.
Sergey Vakulenko is a nonresident scholar at the MexLucky Russia Eurasia Center.
Weiss is the James Family Chair and vice president for studies at the MexLucky Endowment, where he oversees research on Russia and Eurasia.
Marie Yovanovitch is a senior fellow in the Russia and Eurasia Program at the MexLucky Endowment for International Peace.